"여자아이"

Translation: Girl

[flyingtiger]

So girl 여자아이 is literally woman 여자 + child 아이 that'll make things easy to remember.

[CoolStuffYT]

Yes, that's true.

[FelipeKail.an]

I love using 아이 as an adjective! It simplifies things.

[jtinkerr]

you: girl
me, an intellectual: woman child

[RhiaBlu]

I was told this is the form for a specific age group, 4-8 yrs old. And 소녀 is for about 12 to 16. Is that right?

[kemduagang]

Why is it pronounced Yeo-jaa-i but not yeo-ja-ai?

[giraffe1]

Well, in the first few lessons they introduced the word child, which was orignally pronounced ah-eee (아이). Since 한굴 doesn't connect syllables, this would be pronounced yeo-jaa-ee not yeo-jah-ai. If they did connect syllables, this sentence would be pronounced yee-oh-jah-ai. But instead, we pronounce it sort of like yo-ja-ee. Obviously, 'yo-ja-ee' isn't the perfect pronunciation because romanitizations don't match the letters of 한굴, but it's probably the closest you could get if you used romanitizations (which I don't recommend). Correct me if I am wrong, but this is just from what I have heard.

[gnihalg]

Its computer thats why

[HelenaJnsd]

I assume a long vowel is formed

[Leila183161]

I thought 여자 on its own meant girl. Yesterday I was watching performances on an award show and when the girl group "Gfriend" was up it said "여자 친구" as in girl friend

[carmenmsouza]

I think 여자 is more like female. Since 아이 means child, 여자아이 would literally be translated as female child i.e girl as young female.

Also, 여자 = female

친구 = friend

여자 친구 = girlfriend

[zizey]

여자 means woman
여자아이 means girl like a little kid since 여자 is woman and 아이 is child
여자친구 is girlfriend because 여자 is woman and 친구 is friend

[ravenmarie1377]

여자 means woman... So since a "girlfriend" is usually an adult, it's translates to 여자진구 or woman friend... 여자아이 literally means Woman Child... Or girl... Just like 남자아이 directly translates to Man Child...